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1. Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology
2. 26 Online LMS Resources
3. 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites
4. National STEM Day Nov. 8th
5. A Day to Remember Veterans
6. Geography Awareness Week: November 11-15, 2024
7. How to Put Kindness in Your Classes
8. 4 Critical Pieces of Every Lesson and How to Gamify Them video
9. 14 Apps and 2 Projects for Thanksgiving
10. Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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1. What’s happening on my writer’s blog
2. Three projects to kick off the holidays
3. 7 online resources about Maker Spaces
4. 14 holiday websites and 5+ projects
5. We’re closed for the holidays!

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

Here are the most-read posts for the past month:

1. ASVAB or a Service Academy? You Decide.
2. Warm-ups–Watch the video
3. Compare-contrast Digital Tools
4. 70+ Online Resources to Gamified Education
5. Digital Citizenship Week: What to Teach When–a video
6. Digital Citizenship Resources–Lots of Them
7. 12 Projects to Teach Digital Citizenship–by Grade
8. Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video
9. National Bullying Prevention Month
10. 13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom

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Here are the most-read posts for the past month:

1. 18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom — a Video
2. Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding
3. 9 Reasons to Use Digital Books
4. The Role of Phosphorus Properties in Sustainable Technology for Classrooms
5. Tips for Teachers to Balance the Demands of School Events and Their Personal Lives

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up:

1. Warm Ups–watch the video
2. 6 Online Resources About Letters
3. Subscriber Special
4. Tech Tips
5. Online Resources About Gamified Education
6. Digital Citizenship
7. Google Street View
8. Speaking and Listening Skills
9. Canva in Your Classroom
10. Tips on Internet Research

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1. 40+ Word Study Websites
2. 15 Webtools in 15 Weeks–the video
3. Creating and Using Curriculum Maps Video
4. Tech Ed Resources for your Class–K-8 Keyboard Curriculum
5. Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship
6. Tech Ed Resources–K-12 Tech Curriculum
7. Tech Ed Resources–Lesson Plans
8. 35+ Online Audio Resources
9. 20 Online Resources About Digital Storytelling
10. Here’s How to Get Started with Ask a Tech Teacher

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1. mBot2: An Educational AI Robot for Coding
2. 18 Digital Tool Musts–a video
3. I’m traveling most of September–see you in October!

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A friend of mine (who I’ll leave anonymous, at her request) struggled with the challenges of teaching and personal life. Teaching was her passion, but its demands soon overshadowed her personal needs. Last year, she was assigned a particularly large class whose requirements consumed too many evenings and weekends, leaving insufficient time for her kids and husband. She found herself skipping family events in favor of school, taking phone calls during family get-togethers, and staying at school late rather than be home for children homework and bedtime. The guilt began to weigh heavily and the stress affected her health, giving her sleepless nights, anxiety, and temper flare-ups she’d never experienced before. She knew there had to be a better way to give 100% to students while respecting her own needs.

As we approach a new school year, the Ask a Tech Teacher team has some basic ideas to get you started on balancing what arguably for many are the two most important parts of their life:

Tips for Teachers to Balance the Demands of School Events and Their Personal Lives

Achieving the perfect work-life balance for teachers through the term can be tricky since there are several school events to keep up with. School events can be demanding, and this is one of the reasons a teacher can use a report writing service to be able to complete reports on time or have time for other personal engagements. Finding ways to discharge your professional responsibilities without compromising your personal life is essential. So, let’s take a look at some ways teachers can balance the demands of school events and their personal lives. (more…)

Tips for Teachers to Balance Work and Life During the Busy Parent-Teacher Conference Season

The parent-teacher conference season often demands your full attention since you will have to create and update records as well as give specific feedback to every parent about their child. The workload during this season is often bulky, and one may not have adequate time to focus on personal commitments. It’s one of the reasons why some teachers advancing their studies choose to use dissertation writing services. These services help them free up time for personal engagements while ensuring they graduate.

During the busy parent-teacher conference season in the school calendar, teachers usually have to multitask. Thus, there is a need to create an exclusive schedule that covers your personal and work commitments specifically for this period. Here are some ways to balance your work and life during this busy period. (more…)

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1. The Future of Online Learning: Benefits and Strategies for Educators
2. How to Teach Financial Literacy Using Real-World Examples
3. How Virtual Information Sessions Are Changing K-12 Education
4. Incorporating Monthly Giving Projects into STEM Curriculum: Inspiring the Next Generation of Philanthropists
5. How Cloud Security Empowers Online Learning Platforms
6. How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar
7. June is Internet Safety Month
8. World Environment Day: Living Responsibly with Nature
9. 11 Online Resources About Animation

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Here are the most-read posts for the past month:

1. Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer
2. Tech Tips to End the School Year
3. AI has potential to upend student testing
4. A Typing Website With a Twist
5. 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers
6. How do you teach the hard to teach class? Watch the video.
7. How to Track My Child’s Location
8. 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students
9. May Is Homeschool Awareness Month–Check our Subscriber Special
10. Ethics and the Use of AI in Essays

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Great end-of-year projects for high school students, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team:

5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers

Project-based learning has gained significant popularity in recent times. Emerging as a creative and insightful way for youngsters to learn and practically implement their knowledge, the idea of project-based learning has been encouraged and applauded by teachers worldwide. In fact, students who make use of this technique tend to retain content 22% better than traditional learning.

Many middle and high schools have started incorporating project work into their curriculum, enabling students to learn concepts faster and apply them to real-world scenarios. However, this shift often perplexes students when choosing the perfect project options. Let’s explore a few options. (more…)

Tech Teacher Appreciation Week

If you wonder what’s so hard about being a teacher, what with technology, computers, AI assistants, look at this list of challenges they faced just last year: (more…)